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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2020
Amerapex Ndt Llc, Houston, TX (US);
John Ferguson, Houston, TX (US);
Deric Puckitt, Houston, TX (US);
Steven Christopher, Manvel, TX (US);
William Parker, Manvel, TX (US);
Amerapex NDT LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning heat exchangers may include a cleaning lance for cleaning a plurality of bores of the heat exchanger and an examination lance for examining a plurality of bores of the heat exchanger. The apparatus may further include a first feeder configured to extend and retract the cleaning lance and a second feeder configured to extend and retract the examination lance. The apparatus may further include a controller configured to control the first feeder to feed the cleaning lance into a first bore, to control the cleaning lance to clean the first bore, and to control the first feeder to retract the cleaning lance from the first bore.